16 Months - 3 Year Old Program

AIM: To provide a stimulating physical environment in order to enhance overall motor development.

Lessons are designed to encourage the child’s development in a variety of areas including:

Gross and Fine Motor Skills

Spatial Awareness

Visual & Auditory Skills

Eye-Hand/Foot Co-ordination

Balance

The above areas are developed each lesson (through the use of)

Free Play - time for the child to explore the environment, to create his/her own idea of how to use the equipment, socialization with peers and their carer and learning/practicing the skill of sharing and taking turns.

Activity Time 1 - may include the following activities – tumbling skills, animal walks, eye-hand co-ordination, a fun activity with parent/carer.

Dance - a gross motor activity where children can jump, skip, hop and stimulate the vestibular system (a part of the brain which enhances balance and co-ordination) by the parent swinging the child.

Activity Time 2 - this is specifically used to develop a child’s skill level with a particular piece of apparatus eg. bat and ball, bean bag. It will involve eye-hand co-ordination, gross motor, muscle tone and balance.